A collection of minds spanning from such bands as MY DYING BRIDE and AKERCOCKE comes what can only be described as a very interesting form of sound and creativity, bonding ideas into a visual and very intense form, from listening to this record I have seen what can be described as a pattern, or a story of sorts within the lyrical content, from what I have found it sounds both dark and yet somehow very personal in a way.

This is VOICES, "London"

We start with the opening track "Suicide Note". For what it is I found this to be a very relaxed song incorporating clean and mellow vocals as well as the use of a piano to add a very calming nature to the song, through listening on I found myself in a sense of mellow and trance like thought. This track initially surprised me as this was my first time ever listening to this band and found myself quite surprised, I knew that the band was a mix of old members from two heavy hitters in the music industry, and I also knew that they had a heavier perspective when it came to their type of music, but this was quite the shocker as I never really knew something so radiant could ever be made of such intense artists as these.

Through my time listening I found comfort in some songs and as much with the others I felt uneasy and disturbed (in a good way), through my time listening on to London I felt as if the story being told was of a dying world being torn apart by an unknown force, or by a force we already know, through and through it did feel as if the members of Voices had more than a few personal feelings pouring deeply into this record, both aggressive and very constructive if I do say so myself, as if using this music was a way of absorbing the rage and filtering it out, maybe even venting it out to another source that would allow for them to create such a brutal piece of mental performance.

The last song I chose from this already incredible release is Imaginary Sketches of a Poisoned Man, Through this track I found a sense of intensity that normally would never bother me, but this would be a first, I'm not saying anything bad about it at all, it is by far a very unique piece of music, but at the same time there is this sense of awe and confusion I just can't seem to picture in my head, maybe this is why I love it so much to be very honest, it shows this element which you cannot put your finger on but you know it all the same, it is truly a powerful song with a unique style of order.

To conclude, I found this album to be a journey with many question that may still need answering, but that is the beauty of it really, when compared to their first release London shows a sense of power and complete idea within every track, a strong powerful album is what I can honestly say, and I hope to hear more for the future.